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Budget proposals and the tax systemBy Annette Nellen, Esq., CPA, via CPA2BizIn March, both the House and Senate budget committees released their budget resolutions as required by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Among the ideas and goals included in these lengthy reports are ones dealing with tax reform. While there is still a bumpy road to travel to reach any consensus on the budget and tax changes, a review of both reports sheds light on the tax reform perspectives and goals of the House Republicans and Senate Democrats.

Gallup poll: Americans want to tax the rich and spread the wealthFox News LatinoThe majority of Americans support heavy taxes on the rich and want wealth to be more evenly distributed, a Gallop poll revealed.
About 59 percent of Americans believe money and wealth in the United States should be more evenly distributed among a larger percentage of people, according to the Gallup poll. The poll results are not a surprise.

Report: US loses $180 billion to corporate tax breaksReutersThe annual cost of corporate tax breaks, including one that eases shifting profits offshore and out of the U.S. taxman's reach, has more than doubled to $180 billion since 1987, according to a recent report.
Corporate tax deferral, the potential indefinite postponement of U.S. taxes on profits held offshore, makes up nearly a quarter of that sum, according to a Government Accountability Office report released on April 15, which is the deadline for individuals to file their tax returns.

Strangest taxes in AmericaTravel+Leisure via Yahoo News Although taxes are one of life's certainties, they can still surprise you.
Consider the iconic New York bagel: decide to have yours toasted, and it'll come with a tax. The rationale is that sliced bagels are usually consumed on a cafe's or store's premises — and restaurant meals are taxed, whereas groceries (like a dozen unsliced bagels) are not.

Financial industry tells Senate to slow work on online sales tax billThe Hill A leading Wall Street group believes Congress is moving too quickly with its consideration of an online sales tax bill, which could allow states to begin taxing stock trades.
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association warned that Congress has not "adequately explored" the Marketplace Fairness Act, which is set to receive a floor vote.

Federal tax collections to hit record highsThe Washington Times There's some fine print in President Barack Obama's budget plan, and taxpayers beware: Collections are going to break records in the coming years.
The Washington Examiner reported that the Department of Treasury projected business and individual collections at $2.71 trillion for this year — higher than the previous high $2.5 trillion collected in 2007.

Restyled as real estate trusts, varied businesses avoid taxesThe New York Times A small but growing number of American corporations, operating in businesses as diverse as private prisons, billboards and casinos, are making an aggressive move to reduce — or even eliminate — their federal tax bills. They are declaring that they are not ordinary corporations at all. Instead, they say, they are something else: special trusts that are typically exempt from paying federal taxes.

Senators introduce bill to expand use of S ESOPs to encourage greater retirement savingsAccounting Today A pair of senators have introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at expanding the use of S corporation employee stock ownership plans to encourage more Americans to save for retirement. The bill, introduced by Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., a member of the Senate Finance Committee, along with Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., aims to help more Americans gain retirement savings and security through private employee ownership.

It's time we learned what members of Congress pay in taxesForbesPresident Barack Obama and Michelle Obama released their most recent tax return for the entire world to see. They continued a longstanding tradition of sitting presidents releasing their returns, even though no law requires that they do so. The tradition began under the late President Richard Nixon.